lost and found cinema

The Passenger 1975 (Italy/France/Spain/USA) 119min

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writer: Mark Peploe, Peter Wollen, Antonioni
Cast: Jack Nicholson (David Locke) Maria Schneider (Girl)

第四部 antonioni 的電影, 安導的電影實在太對我的口味了, 看一部愛一部難分高下. 英文對白都聽得懂真感動. 開場的看 Jack Nicholson 在北非沙漠的無奈發脾氣, 那種置身在陌生環境的不順心我頗能體會. 結尾從 Nicholson 的房間到窗外 Shneider 的離開到所有找他的人回到房間, 人由活著到死亡, 一鏡到底實在帥呆了我的天呀. 中間 Locke 和 Girl 兩人漫無目的的逃離其實頗能引起我的共鳴, 幾幕 Locke 和相識的人擦身而過的”大逃亡”真是安導電影裡難得出現的熱鬧. Schneider 這次飾演的神祕女子和 “Last Tango in Paris” 比起來, 可愛多了.

巴薩隆納和西班牙鄉間怎麼拍怎麼迷人呀. 下面這段對話好好笑:

David Locke: Now I think I’m going to be a waiter in Gibraltar.
The Girl: Too obvious.
David Locke: Maybe a novelist in Cairo.
The Girl: Too romantic.
David Locke: How about a gunrunner?
The Girl: Too unlikely.
David Locke: As a matter of fact, I think I *am* one.
The Girl: Then it depends on which side you’re on.
David Locke: Yes.

Tom Hall review (part of indie WIRE)
Roger Ebert review

His films are never crowded. Even “Blow-Up,” set in London, or “La Notte,” in Milan, seem barely inhabited; he is drawn to spaces empty of people, save a few characters who wander irresolutely through in search of — well, of nothing. They do not want to find, but to seek. (這段實在太貼切了 XD)